BILL NUMBER: AB 1530	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   697
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 6, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 1, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 28, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Longville

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend Sections 15111 and 21000 of, and to add and repeal
Section 15321 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1530, Longville.  Elections:  precinct vote results.
   (1) Existing law requires elections officials to keep an accurate
list of all voters who have received and voted an absentee ballot at
each election, as specified.  This bill would require the list of
voters who have received and voted an absentee ballot to include the
election precinct of the voter.
   Existing law authorizes a vote tabulating device to be located at
any place within the state approved by the elections official of the
county or other political subdivision using the device.
   This bill would require that, for any statewide election or
certain special elections conducted on or before June 1, 2000, votes
cast by absentee ballot and votes cast at the polling place be
tabulated by precinct.  The bill would require election results to be
made available to the Legislature and appropriate legislative
committees for use in connection with district reapportionment, as
specified.  This bill would repeal those provisions as of January 1,
2001.
   (2) Existing law requires the county elections official in each
county to compile and make available to the Legislature, as
prescribed, certain elections information, including, among other
things, lists showing the elections returns for each precinct.
   This bill would also require the elections returns for each
precinct to reflect the vote total for all ballots cast, including
both absentee ballots and ballots cast at polling places.
   (3) By imposing additional duties upon county elections officials,
the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 15111 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   15111.  The elections official shall keep an accurate list of all
voters who have received and voted an absentee ballot at each
election and compare this list with the roster of voters as provided
in Section 15278.  That list shall include the election precinct of
the voter.
  SEC. 2.  Section 15321 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   15321.  (a) For any statewide election or special election to fill
a vacancy in a congressional or legislative office, conducted on or
after June 1, 2000, votes cast by absentee ballot and votes cast at
the polling place shall be tabulated by precinct.
   (b) The election returns compiled pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall be made available to the Legislature or any appropriate
committee of the Legislature for use in connection with the
reapportionment of legislative districts pursuant to Section 21000.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2001, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2001, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 3.  Section 21000 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   21000.  The county elections official in each county shall compile
and make available to the Legislature or any appropriate committee
of the Legislature any information and statistics that may be
necessary for use in connection with the reapportionment of
legislative districts, including, but not limited to, precinct maps
indicating the boundaries of municipalities, school districts,
judicial districts, Assembly districts, senatorial districts and
congressional districts, lists showing the election returns for each
precinct, and election returns for each precinct reflecting the vote
total for all ballots cast, including both absentee ballots and
ballots cast at polling places, compiled pursuant to subdivision (a)
of Section 15321 in the county at each statewide election.  If the
county elections official stores the information and statistics in
data-processing files, he or she shall make the files available,
along with whatever documentation shall be necessary in order to
allow the use of the files by the appropriate committee of the
Legislature and shall retain these files until the next
reapportionment has been completed.
   Each precinct shall be identified according to the census tract or
enumeration district in which it is located.  When a precinct is
divided among two or more census tracts or enumeration districts, the
county elections official shall include an estimate of the
proportion of the precinct's registered voters in each census tract
or enumeration district.  If the United States Bureau of the Census
divides or alters any census tract or enumeration district between
the time of an election and the census upon which the reapportionment
is based, the county elections official shall provide whatever
corrections or additional information may be necessary to reflect
those changes.
  SEC. 4.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.
